ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 2/29/16)E!: Fashion Police: Oscar Edition (Premiere) at 8pmDISCOVERY: Rockin’ Roadsters (Premiere) at 10pmID: Hate in America (Premiere) at 8pmNBC: The Voice (Premiere) at 8pmSMITHSONIAN CHANNEL: Major League Legends (Premiere) at 8pmTRU TV: Tru Inside (Premiere) at 10pmSCIENCE CHANNEL: The Age of Aerospace (Finale) at 8pm

An email from Melissa Harris-Perry was made public on Friday, explaining to co-workers why she was boycotting her MSNBC show. Now discussions are underway arranging her departure from the news net. Upset about frequent preemptions and lack of editorial control during a ratings-grabbing presidential race,Harris-Perry’s emailsaid she was skipping her show, which generally focuses on issues of social justice, because it “was taken – without comment or discussion or notice – in the midst of an election season.” Pointing out Harris-Perry’s has not been the only show to be preempted, MSNBC called her reaction “surprising, confusing and disappointing.” Although the host’s current contract expires in October, “The goal of the negotiation at this point is to determine the terms of severance, not reconciliation,” she told CNN on Sunday.
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The Writers Guild of America is urging support for the Wright-Hannon bill, legislation in New York that would offer incentives for TV and film producers to hire females and minorities. In the WGA’s new YouTube video, House of Cards creator Beau Willimon explains, “Our industry has a problem with diversity, and the goal of the New York State tax credit as we envision it to incentivize the hiring of women and writers of color is an active, direct attempt to address that problem head on.”
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Science gets in on election action with a “Super Tuesday on Science” block, featuring What on Earth at 9p, NASA’s Unexplained Files at 10p, One Year in Space at 11p and the grand finale at 11:27, One Year in Space with live footage of astronaut Scott Kelly returning to earth.
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AXS TV sets the stage for the Thursday, March 31 at 9p premiere of UK series Hoff the Record with a “Hoff-A-Thon” on Saturday, March 26 starting at 3p, featuring career-spanning clips from Sharknado 3, Baywatch, Knight Rider and more, curated by and introduced by The Hoff himself, David Hasselhoff, as well as a 3:30p sit-down with Dan Rather on The Big Interview. And that’s not all after Hoff the Record’s debut on the 31st, Hasselhoff will host the season six premiere of Gotham Comedy Live at 10p.
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SNL alum David Spade has been added to the cast of CBS’s Tina Fey comedy pilot The Kicker. Spade will play the agent brother of a disgraced NFL kicker (Geoff Stults).
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Loni Anderson (WKRP in Cincinnati) will guest star on an episode of Freeform’s Baby Daddy, reports TVLine. Anderson will play a hot grandma.
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UK host Jameela Jamil (T4)joins Ted Danson and Kristen Bell in NBC straight-to-series comedy Good Place, about a not-so-nice woman (Bell) who decided to turn over a new leaf.
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Bill Paxton (Twister) landed a lead role in CBS drama pilot Training Day, based on the 2001 film.
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Judy Greer will star in Fox’s untitled comedy pilot from 20th Century Fox Television about the underappreciated head of H.R. for a plastic molding plant. Greer will also serve as a producer.
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The free-for-all that passed for the Republican debate on Thursday drew an average 14.5 million viewers on CNN and Telemundo, according to Nielsen fast nationals, with 4.7 million among 25-54. CNN grabbed 12.6 million of those viewers and 3.8 million in the news demo.
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CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow was up 10 percent in total viewers (2.46 million) on Thursday, its most-watched episode since week two. Among A18-49, the superhero show was up 12 percent week to week, to .9/3.
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